NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

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Finan McDonald

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Finan McDonald

Finan McDonald was one of David Thompson’s men, but unlike most of his men he also worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk at Spokane House, and later…

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George Traill Allan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 9, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
George Traill Allan

In 1841, George Traill Allan took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay, ten years after he had come into the territory in the 1831 Columbia Express. He is…

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The New Caledonia brigades head up the Nechako River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 26, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
The New Caledonia brigades head up the Nechako River

So, in 1826 Chief Factor William Connolly and his brigades paddled by the temporarily closed Fort George [Prince George], heading upriver to Fort James. In 1831, Peter Warren Dease stopped…

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Two Canoes: To the North River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 21, 2018 "Two Canoes", Brigade Trails
Two Canoes: To the North River

In our twenty-fifth post in this Two Canoes series, we will bring Governor George Simpson across the Fraser Plateau to the “North” River, and Kamloops. Let’s see how far we…

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The New Caledonia Brigades travel north from Fort Alexandria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 24, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
The New Caledonia Brigades travel north from Fort Alexandria

The New Caledonia brigades started their journey at Fort St. James, and so have to make their way north, from Fort Alexandria, to that place. They turn their horses loose…

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